Nandopsis
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{Temporal range|24.7|0|earliest=25|latest=0|ref=|PS=Late Oligocene–present}}
| image = Nandopsis tetracantus.jpg
| image_caption = Biajaca (N. tetracantus)
| taxon = Nandopsis
| authority = T. N. Gill, 1862
| type_species = Centrarchus tetracanthus
| type_species_authority = Valenciennes, 1831
}}
Nandopsis is a small genus of cichlid fishes found in lakes, streams and rivers in Cuba and Hispaniola. Nandopsis are the only cichlids native to the Antilles.
Species
The genus currently contains three extant species, as well as one fossil species from the late Oligocene epoch. An additional species, N. vombergae is recognized by some, but considered a synonym of N. haitiensis by FishBase.
- Nandopsis haitiensis (Tee-Van, 1935) (Haitian cichlid) - Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti)
- Nandopsis ramsdeni (Fowler, 1938) (Joturo) - Cuba
- Nandopsis tetracanthus (Valenciennes, 1831) (Biajaca) - Cuba
- † Nandopsis woodringi Graham, 1990 (Haiti)
References
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{{FishBase genus | genus = Nandopsis| month = February | year = 2013}}
{{cite iucn |author=Lyons, T.J. |author2=Rodríguez-Silva, R. |date=2021 |title=Nandopsis haitiensis |volume=2021 |page=e.T177038034A177038047 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T177038034A177038047.en |access-date=18 November 2021}} - Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti)
{{cite journal|last1=Říčan|first1=Oldřich|last2=Piálek|first2=Lubomír|last3=Zardoya|first3=Rafael|last4=Doadrio|first4=Ignacio|last5=Zrzavy|first5=Jan|date=March 2013|title=Biogeography of the Mesoamerican Cichlidae (Teleostei: Heroini): Colonization through the GAARlandia land bridge and early diversification|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260138359|journal=Journal of Biogeography|volume=40|issue=3|pages=579–593|doi=10.1111/jbi.12023 |bibcode=2013JBiog..40..579R |access-date=27 March 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240321133311/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260138359_Biogeography_of_the_Mesoamerican_Cichlidae_Teleostei_Heroini_Colonization_through_the_GAARlandia_land_bridge_and_early_diversification|archive-date=21 March 2024}}
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Category:Extant Oligocene first appearances
Category:Fish of the Dominican Republic
Category:Fish of the Caribbean
Category:Taxa named by Theodore Gill
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